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The Evans System Blue snare head is the newest addition to D’Addario’s Evans Drumheads line of marching percussion products. The new snare head was designed in collaboration with Scott Johnson…
The Hawaiian music duo Hapa has been the contemporary face of the islands’ traditional music culture for two decades. So when co-founder Barry Flanagan’s unique guitar went missing in March,…
President Donald Tump has boasted in the past (he later backpedaled on this) that, as a second-grader, he punched his music teacher, giving him a black eye. “I didn’t think…
Owners and managers operate at a very fast pace, but it’s not the pace that we need to be hyper-focused on; it is the prolonged exposure to running at such…
Owners and managers operate at a very fast pace, but it’s not the pace that we need to be hyper-focused on; it is the prolonged exposure to running at such…
Accessories are a consistent, reliable category for most MI retailers and it’s quite possible that nothing generates more traffic and sales than fretted string sets. Strings may not necessarily be…
Reeds, drum sticks, clip-on tuners, stands, strings – these items and many more are essential to all active players of every ability level. As such, Band & Orchestra accessories have,…
The great American chain is one of the most versatile parts of our culture, but adding music stores into the rapidly- evolving retail equation usually isn’t very common. Yet, Music…
It’s always tough to top a major anniversary celebration, but the 2017 Retail Print Music Dealer’s Association gathering did its very best, assembling 49 dealer companies and 36 commercial companies…
Whether he knows it or not, Menzie Pittman has always been an entrepreneur. Before his store Contemporary Music Center was even a thought, the drum teacher had 96 students, 20…
Chris Syllaba’s 30-plus year career with Jordan Kitt’s Music essentially started by accident. Strolling through a mall on a gap year between high school and college in 1984, Syllaba wandered…
Most musicians take the magic of cables for granted; German innovators KLOTZ, however, do not. The company, founded in 1979, is rather young in comparison to many MI suppliers, but…
